This chapter delves into the role of religion in society, discussing belief systems and practices that connect humans with the divine and questioning the nature of a higher power.
“Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia [in the 20th century]: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.’” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1983 Templeton Address Is secularization a sign […]
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Do we Need God? – The Loss of God and the Decay of Society first appeared on
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